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HENRY O. LOTHROP, OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF CRAVFORD PIERCE AND JOSEPH R. PIERCE, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 73,451, dated January 21, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN OOATIN G HEEL AND TOE-IRONS FOB. BOOTS AND SHOES.

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be it known that I, HERY O. LOTHROP, of Milford, in the county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Mftnufacture of Heel and Toe-Irons, for Boots and Shoes; and do hereby declare the following to be :L full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying druwing, which exhibits a section of :L heel-iron, treated innccordance with my invention. l

The manufacture of heelrand toe-irons, for protecting the heels and toes of boots and shoes, has become a. very extensive branch of the lboot and shoe business of the New England States, as well as of.many others, and large quantities, in addition to the domestic consumption, are now sent to California, and other rcmoter points on the American continent, as Well as exported to foreign countries.

Heretofore a. very great objection to transporting them by sen. has been found vto exist in the fact they become much rusted or corroded, and in many cases entirely destroyed.

The object of my present invention is to counteract or prevent this possibility of corrosion, and consists in applying an anti-corrosive coating to the i1-ons," or one which will resist any injurious action upon them. The most suitable coating for this purpose, and which I have adopted, is one of tin, although several other materials may he employed. l i

The accompanying drawing represents the b ody of the heel-iron at a, and its anti-corrosive coating at b.

I claim, as a. new article of manufacture, a. heel' or toe-iron, coated with tin or.other anti-corrosive metal, substantially as and forV the purposes herein'shown and set forth. I

HENRY O. LOTHROI.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK CURTIS, E. C. GRIFFITH. 

